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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398865 | Elevator car operating panel An elevator car operating panel for registering elevator calls has a plurality of touch sensitive buttons freely configurable to correspond to floors of a building according to a specified configuration. The buttons are configured to be lighted with light of a first... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7207422 | Elevator call recording device An elevator call registration system is equipped with a touch panel display, and a processing operation section that registers an operation from the touch panel display into an elevator control unit. The processing operation section detects the position of a user's ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7063189 | Method and apparatus for a scanning an elevator entry way A lift system for and method of controlling a lift car. The car providing service to a number of separate stations to enable a person or an article waiting in a predetermined region outside the lift car to enter or leave the lift car. The method including the steps ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7021427 | Lifting apparatus and method A method for intelligent control includes an exchange of historical parameters of events for operating a system and operating a hoist where an electric motor, preferably a DC-motor, is used for lifting and lowering a lifting belt. It can take place at different spee... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021428 | Elevator floor call panel having dual operating modes A panel for an elevator installation has a predetermined number of floor buttons for generating hall calls or car call commands wherein a single floor button or a floor button combination is provided for each floor. The panel can be converted by a converter button o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6948592 | Elevators equipped with emergency medical devices The invention provides an elevator cab equipped with an emergency medical device, such as an automated external defibrillator (AED). The elevator cab equipped with the emergency medical device may be controlled in order to deliver the emergency medical device to a f... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942068 | Braille information notification device A method for imputing a voice message recording for a particular floor served by an elevator car includes the steps of sensing elevator car positions (21), sensing that a selected car operating panel button has been held down (22) and enabling a voice ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6739431 | Elevator escape device An escape device of elevator. The device includes an activation assembly comprising sheaves, rope, links, flexible board, roller, guide, limit member, bar, and catch; and an operation assembly comprising sheaves, ropes, links rotating disk, weight, cylinder having a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6696926 | Audible floor call recording method and braille information notification device A method for inputting a voice message recording for a particular floor served by an elevator car includes the steps of sensing elevator car positions (21), sensing that a selected car operating panel button has been held down (22) and enabling a voice in... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6419050 | Mobile device for disabled persons Mobile device for disabled persons comprising a trolley carrying a vertically displaceable platform designed to bear a wheelchair. The trolley is motor-driven and is equipped with an aligning system to line-up the platform with respect to an access site o... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6182798 | Mobile lifting device for the disabled A mobile lifting device includes a car having a gate and a docking plate mechanically interconnected at one end of the car. A low voltage DC control system includes an "up" circuit, a "down" circuit connected in parallel with the up circuit, and a sensor ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6152265 | Accommodating visually handicapped in elevator up-peak channeling In an elevator system utilizing up-peak channeling which displays the floors of the sectors to be served by each elevator during its next trip, visually handicapped persons alert the system by means of a signal transmission from a portable device, and are... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6105729 | Elevator car operating panel An elevator car operating panel (8), for a visually impaired passenger includes an upper floor input button (9), a lower floor input button (10) and an input confirmation button (11).... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5518086 | Procedure and apparatus for the control of elevator doors A method and apparatus for controlling doors of an elevator includes a passenger sensor and load sensor. The passenger sensor detects the presence of passengers in a lobby, and the load sensor generates a load signal indicating only a load of the elevator... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5192836 | Apparatus for selecting an elevator car for physically handicapped persons from a group of elevators with immediate allocation of target calls An elevator car suitable for use by physically handicapped passengers can be selected from a group of elevator cars under the control of a group control wherein call registering and indicating devices positioned at the floors served by the cars include an... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5040936 | Barrier for lift platform A safety barrier for a vehicle mounted lift for wheelchairs is normally in an upright blocking position even when the lift platform is at a ground level. The barrier includes upper and lower panels which are hinged together and coupled with a pair of leve... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4678062 | Elevator car An elevator car having a cab which includes front, side, and rear walls assembled to define an enclosure on a platform. The front wall defines an entranceway having first and second door jambs. The front wall further defines at least one inner surface. A ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4664584 | Rotary wheelchair lift A rotary wheelchair lift comprising a hydraulic lift having a vertically telescoping slide tube and a horizontal wheelchair platform support arm attached to the lower end thereof. The arm supports a wheelchair platform having a front safety barrier, a rea... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4399570 | Portable lift for handicapped persons A portable lift is provided for use in aiding handicapped individuals in boarding or debarking from boats, airplanes and other vehicles, and in entering and exiting swimming pools and saunas, including multiple adapter systems designed to facilitate each ... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4183106 | Swimming pool lift for the handicapped Apparatus supports a chair at the side of a pool in position to receive handicapped person. Chair is rotated out over the water and then lowered into the water where the occupant glides or pushes off for a swimming or therapy session. The chair is adapted... | 01/15/1980 |
